2021-11-04: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2021-11-04). Words without Action: The West's Role in Israel's Illegal Settlement Expansion. dissidentvoice.org The international uproar in response to Israel's approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West Bank may give the impression that such a reaction could, in theory, force Israel to abandon its plans. Alas, it will not, because the statements of 'concern,' 'regrets', 'disappointment' and even outright condemnation …

teleSUR (2021-11-04). Six Candidates Compete For The Nicaraguan Presidency On Sunday. telesurenglish.net On Nov., the Nicaraguan people will elect president, vice president, 90 lawmakers, and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament. | RELATED: | The parties competing for the presidency are the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), Nicaragua's Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC), Christian Road (CCN), Liberal Alliance Party (ALN), the Independent Liberal Party (PLI), and the Alliance for the Republic Party (APRE). Below are the profiles of the politic…

John Pilger (2021-11-04). Why Julian Assange's inhumane prosecution imperils justice for us all. mronline.org The damage done to the Wikileaks co-founder in his decade of incarceration and uncertainty, including more than two years in Belmarsh is beyond doubt. But so, too, is his courage beyond doubt.

Staff (2021-11-04). Palestine Chronicle: "Words without Action: The West's Role in Israel's Illegal Settlement Expansion" imemc.org By Dr. Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle: The international uproar in response to Israel's approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West Bank may give the impression that such a reaction could, in theory, force Israel to abandon its plans.

Staff (2021-11-04). South Dakota governor sues Biden over vax mandate… after getting sued by Republicans. rt.com South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says her state has joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its latest "unconstitutional" vaccine mandate. However, Noem herself is facing a mandates-related lawsuit. | The Department of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) revealed the details of its vaccine mandate for the private sector on Thursday. Threatening companies with fines of up to $136,000, the mandate requires all firms with more than 100 staff to force their employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19, or submit to regular testing and masking. | Within hours, Noem announced…

Staff (2021-11-04). US airline staff could 'end up on the street' for refusing vaccines, pilot tells RT. rt.com With details of President Biden's private-sector vaccine mandate revealed, commercial pilot Jason Kunisch told RT that such mandates already risk cratering the aviation industry, which is dealing with "severe" staffing shortages. | The Department of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) on Thursday revealed the details of the Biden administration's controversial vaccine order for private companies. The order, which OSHA is considering making permanent, requires all companies with more than 100 staff to force their employees to get vaccinated by early January or submit to regular testing…

teleSUR- llb, JDO (2021-11-04). OMS autoriza vacuna india para uso de emergencia. telesurtv.net Covaxin, primera vacuna anticovid, completamente india, recibe la homologación de la Organización Mundial de la Salud.

Anis Chowdhury (2021-11-04). Will Glasgow fix broken climate finance promises? mronline.org SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Current climate mitigation plans will result in a catastrophic 2.7 ∞C world temperature rise. US$1.6—3.8 trillion is needed annually to avoid global warming exceeding 1.5 ∞C.

IMEMC News (2021-11-04). 108 Days Of Hunger Strike, Israel To Reactivate Administrative Detention Order. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli military prosecution has decided to reactivate the arbitrary Administrative Detention order against Miqdad al-Qawasma who continues the hunger strike for the 108th consecutive day, protesting his continued imprisonment without charges. Attorney Jawad Boulus stated that the prosecution is alleging that the medical reports indicate "an …

IMEMC News (2021-11-04). Army Abducts Two Palestinians In Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, two young Palestinian men from the Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the al-Jadawel area in Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, searched homes, and abducted Mohammad Fawwaz Mashayekh, 24. They added that the soldiers also abducted Mohammad …

IMEMC News (2021-11-04). Army Demolishes A Palestinian Home, Commerical Facilities, In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian home in Jabal al-Mokabber, and several commercial facilities in Hizma town, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without permits. Local sources said the soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers invaded the as-Sal'a area in Jabal al-Mokabber and demolished a home, owned by Mohannad al-Hroub and his …

IMEMC News (2021-11-04). Israeli Colonizers Injure A Child In Hebron. imemc.org A group of illegal Israeli colonizers attacked and injured, Wednesday, a Palestinian child in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Aref Jaber, a resident of the Shuhada Street in the center of Hebron city, said the colonizers chased his nephew, Abdul-Majid Hammouda Jaber, 12. He added that the child was …

IMEMC News (2021-11-04). Israeli Soldiers Demolish a Mosque Near Nablus. imemc.org Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday at dawn, a Palestinian mosque in Douma town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said several army jeeps and a bulldozer invaded the town, before demolishing the mosque. He added that the …

PCHR (2021-11-04). PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. imemc.org The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for October 28 — November 3, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties. This week witnessed escalation of demolitions and attempts to displace Palestinians from occupied …

Raymond Nat Turner (2021-11-04). Fighting for Oak Flat/Chi Chil Bildagoteel. mronline.org "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do little." —Edmund Burke…

Staff (2021-11-04). UN experts: Israeli Settlement Expansion 'Tramples' on Human Rights Law. imemc.org GENEVA (3 November 2021) — United Nations Office of the High Commissioner GENEVA (3 November 2021) — UN human rights experts* today sharply condemned the recent announcement by the Israeli Government that it is advancing plans to build thousands of new housing units in its West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements. "The United Nations has …

Staff (2021-11-04). German mother sentenced to life for killing FIVE of her children in horror case. rt.com A 28-year-old woman has been sent to prison for life by a court in Germany, after she killed five of her six children in an extreme and shocking act of revenge against her ex-husband. | Judge Jochen Koetter described the case as a "tragedy," and the court in the western town of Solingen concluded that the woman's guilt was so "grave," it would be "inappropriate" to grant her the usual right of parole after serving 15 years. | Identified in German media only as Christiane K., the woman was found guilty of murdering five of her children, aged between one and eight, as part of a bizarre revenge campaign against h…

Staff (2021-11-04). US approves sale of $650 million in air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia. rt.com The State Department has approved Saudi Arabia's request to buy up to $650 million worth of air-to-air missiles and related equipment from Raytheon, the former employer of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. | The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

Staff (2021-11-04). 60 reported dead after attack on villagers in southwestern Niger. rt.com At least 60 people are reported to have been killed in what appears to have been an attack by jihadists affiliated with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in a remote area in the southwest of the country. | The incident occurred earlier this week in a remote region bordering Burkina Faso and Mali, but the news apparently emerged only recently. "Heavily armed" members of a local IS affiliate had attacked a local defense force known as the Vigilance Committees, news agencies reported on Thursday, citing Niger officials. | The group had been led by the mayor of the village of Banibangou, who is among the 60 dead.

Staff (2021-11-04). Bill Gates wants US & UK to spend billions on 'germ games'. rt.com Activist-philanthropist Bill Gates has raised alarms with critics by suggesting that billions of dollars be invested into a global pandemic task force running "germ games" to prepare for future outbreaks or biological attacks. | Gates made his comments during a discussion with the chair of the Health Select Committee and former UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt at the COP26 summit this week. | "It'll take probably about a billion a year for a pandemic Task Force at the [World Health Organization] level, which is doing the surveillance and actually doing what I call 'germ games' where you practice," Gates said. H…

Staff (2021-11-04). Putin & Lukashenko approve new military doctrine as they ink Russia-Belarus integration docs. rt.com The Russian and Belarusian presidents have signed a revised Union State military doctrine, as well as a package of other integration documents, paving the way for bringing the two nations closer together. | The landmark documents were signed by Vladimir Putin and Aleksandr Lukashenko on Thursday during a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Due to Covid-19 measures, the meeting was held via a video link. | The new military doctrine, also signed on Wednesday, would "make defense policy more coherent [and] adapt the objectives of the defense ministries in a timely fashio…

Staff (2021-11-04). Inquest on safety standards of Zimbabwean boxing expected as 24-year-old fighter tragically dies after in-ring collapse. rt.com Serious questions are expected to be asked of Zimbabwean boxing authorities after the death of highly-rated Taurai Zimunya, 24, shortly after he collapsed during a professional bout in the capital, Harare. | Zimunya — whose father, Samson, was an acclaimed amateur boxer — died shortly after he was knocked out in the third round of a six-round fight in what was the first time a boxer has died in the African country as a result of injuries sustained in a boxing match. | The shocking scene unfolded when Zimunya was knocked to the canvas midway through the fight by his opponent Tinashe Majoni, with rings…

Staff (2021-11-04). Rittenhouse juror dismissed for joke about police shooting of Jacob Blake. rt.com A juror in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial has been excused after joking to a sheriff's deputy about the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse is on trial for killing two men at protests sparked by Blake's shooting. | Day four of Rittenhouse's trial in Kenosha, Washington, began with the joke in question being addressed as prosecutors asked that someone identified as 'Juror 7' be dismissed. The juror confirmed the joke had been told, but insisted it had nothing to do with the Rittenhouse case. | "Why did it take them seven shots to kill Jacob Blake? Because the Kenosha Police only had seven bullet…

Staff (2021-11-04). NYC mayor-elect vows to take first paychecks in BITCOIN. rt.com Newly-elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams will be taking his first three checks in his position in bitcoin, to make good on his promise to make the city the "center of the cryptocurrency industry." | Adams made his announcement on Thursday in a tweet sent as a reply to Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez, who said he would be taking his next paycheck "100% in bitcoin." | "NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries! Just wait!" Adams wrote in the tweet, which quickly drew attention from cryptocurrency watchers and supporters, with some even predicting…

Staff (2021-11-04). US Navy punishes sub that hit mountain in South China Sea. rt.com The US Navy has relieved the captain, executive officer and chief sonar technician of USS Connecticut, the nuclear-powered attack submarine that struck an undersea mountain in the South China Sea last month. | Commander Cameron Aljilani, Lieutenant Commander Patrick Cashin and Master Chief Sonar Technician Cory Rodgers were relieved of command "due to loss of confidence," the Navy Vice Admiral Karl Thomas, commander of the 7th Fleet, has dete…

Staff (2021-11-04). Fears 5G may cause 'major disruptions' for AIRCRAFT delay rollout. rt.com Cellular providers Verizon and AT&T have been forced to delay their full 5G rollout as the Federal Aviation Administration warns that expanding into a certain bandwidth will seriously interfere with bands used for aircraft safety. | The planned December 5th rollout across C-band frequencies, which offer "good-to-great speed" across the mid-range of the radio frequency spectrum, will be delayed until at least January 5th, AT&T and Verizon announced on Thursday. The companies are hoping to work with the FAA to address its concerns regarding potential interference with cockpit safety equipment that also uses the…

Staff (2021-11-04). Court dismisses lawsuit by Bezos' Blue Origin over SpaceX/NASA contract. rt.com The lawsuit filed by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin against rival billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX firm — and the US government, which picked SpaceX over Blue Origin — has been dismissed. | The suit, filed in federal claims court, was dismissed by Judge Richard Hertling on Thursday. The ruling bars either party from further speaking out about the details of the decision until November 18, but no financial settlements were awarded. Bezos' effort to pry SpaceX from its privileged position as the beneficiary of the $2.9 billion NASA contract to return the US space agency…

Staff (2021-11-04). School taught lesson on 'dual pandemic' of Covid-19 & racism in US. rt.com A Maryland school board has come under fire for giving kids a "psychoeducational lesson" about what it called the US' "dual pandemic" of Covid-19 and "systemic racism." | According to documents published by Judicial Watch and seen by Fox News, the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) board launched the curriculum last year. In an August 2020 email, MCPS Associate Superintendent Janet Wilson announced that all schools would be "required" to implement the lesson as part of a "mandatory Social-Emotional Learning" module by the following month. | The lesson was said to provide "crisis facts" about a "dual pande…

Moderator (2021-11-04). Left Coalition Sees McAuliffe Campaign as an Object Lesson for 2022. scheerpost.com By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams A coalition of progressive advocacy organizations warned Wednesday that conservative Democrat Terry McAuliffe's failed gubernatorial bid in Virginia offers a cautionary lesson for the rest of the party ahead of next year's midterms: Either excite voters with a bold agenda or risk losing power to the GOP. As corporate Democrats …

Staff (2021-11-04). Study credits vaccination with 'almost eliminating' cervical cancer in young women. rt.com Introducing an HPV vaccine as part of the NHS effort to prevent cervical cancer has saved hundreds of British women from developing the disease, a fresh study says, citing 13 years of observations. | The first generation of a human papillomavirus HPV vaccine, introduced in the UK as part of an NHS programme to combat cervical cancer in women, has reduced the disease rate among those vaccinated by 87% on average, a fresh study funded by Cancer Research UK said. | "The HPV immunisation programme has successfully almost eliminated cervical cancer in women born since Sept 1, 1995," the study published in the Lance…

Staff (2021-11-04). Going green? RT visits British town opening NEW coal mine (VIDEO). rt.com The English town of Whitehaven may soon have a brand-new coal mine for the first time in decades — and the locals told RT they're looking forward to seeing the project reversing an economic decline. | Whitehaven, located on the Cumbria coast, is not exactly a flourishing place. Once a booming port and a major centre of the coal and chemical industries, the town has been in decline, with its streets dotted by long-since boarded-up businesses. | Read more | | However, Whitehaven has be…

Staff (2021-11-04). Wall Street's Latest Scheme Is Monetizing Nature Itself. scheerpost.com [Terrapin Flyer / CC BY-SA 2.0] By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost A month before the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP26) kicked off in Scotland, a new asset class was launched by the New York Stock Exchange that will "open up a new feeding ground for predatory Wall Street banks …

WorkWeek (2021-11-04). WorkWeek No Public Funds For Billionaire John Fisher A's Stadium & Indy Media. indybay.org WorkWeek covers a protest against the Alameda Board of Supervisors giving more than $300 million in public money to GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher for his new A's stadium in the Port of Oakland. WorkWeek also covers and independent journalist forum in San Francisco held during July. WorkWeek also covers a protest at BlackRock in San Francisco during the G20 climate conference and also a strike of 150,000 South African engineering workers who are members of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa.

Staff (2021-11-04). Ex-Clinton strategist suggests 'woke detox center' for Dems after Virginia election loss. rt.com Former Bill Clinton strategist James Carville has split the Democrats with a warning that the party's move towards "stupid wokeness" was behind its election losses in Virginia. | "Stupid wokeness," according to Carville, is exactly what is to blame for Republican Glenn Youngkin's gubernatorial victory over Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a state that President Joe Biden had won by 10 points only a year prior. | "Don't just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle… I mean, this 'defund the police' lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln's name off…

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-04). New climate pledges significantly more likely to prevent worst of global heating. imperial.ac.uk If fulfilled, climate pledges made in the last six years have a much better chance of reaching globally agreed temperature goals.

_____ (2021-11-04). If Fighting Climate Crisis Is the Goal, Critics Say COP26 Coal Reduction Deal 'Falls Spectacularly Short'. commondreams.org "As long as Trump and his co-conspirators walk free, American democracy is in danger."

ecns.cn (2021-11-04). Xi: China will steadfastly advance opening-up. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech via video at the opening ceremony of the fourth China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum on Thursday. Here are some highlights:…

ecns.cn (2021-11-04). China has sufficient rice, wheat to feed its people. ecns.cn The grain stocks in China are sufficient, and the staple food are "absolutely safe", an official with the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration said on Tuesday.

Helen Yaffe (2021-11-04). July 11 Protests in Cuba: A Personal Narrative of Events. orinocotribune.com By Helen Yaffe — Nov 2, 2021 | Abstract: On Sunday July 11 anti-government protests took place simultaneously in towns and cities throughout Cuba; the first violent protests there for 27 years. The international media depicted mass opposition to the Cuban government, police repression of peaceful protests and a regime in crisis. Cuban American leaders and US politicians called for US intervention, while President Biden labeled Cuba a "failed s…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-11-04). ICC Chief Prosecutor's Visit to Venezuela Ends with Signing of Memorandum of Understanding. orinocotribune.com The visit to Venezuela by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Ahmad Khan, concluded with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the ICC. During a three-day stay in the country, Khan pursued a busy schedule. | In this sense, the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, mentioned that it was three days of work, and of frank and direct dialogue which he considered favorable and positive for the work carried out by the ICC. For this reason, the president added that the debate demonstrated the legal, doctrinal, and constitutional str…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-04). European Commission's Joseph Borrell presiding, Georgia attends arms fair; holds talks with Spanish defense ministry. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia Zurab Azarashvili paid a working visit to Spain, the largest exhibition of the largest military equipment FEINDEF Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia Zurab Azarashvili and the Director of Delta International Ltd. Zurab Javelidze visited the International Exhibition of the Largest Military Equipment FEINDEF in Madrid within the framework of a working visit to …

Rosa Miriam Elizalde (2021-11-04). The US Has an Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba. socialistproject.ca The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Staff (2021-11-04). For Migrant Families, COVID-19 Made Precarious Housing Much Worse. shadowproof.com As the national lockdown went into effect in March 2020, Susana, a Latina woman in her early 60s, was living alone on the Northside of Minneapolis. She had been getting by as a childcare provider for an affluent family. But when her employer began working from home, that source of income became impromptu at best—and, …

Staff (2021-11-04). Rights Group to Lodge ICC Complaint over Israel's Killing, Maiming of Gaza Journalists. palestinechronicle.com Palestinian and international rights groups are preparing to lodge an International Criminal Court (ICC) complaint against Israel over its "systematic targeting" of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) announced

National Domestic Workers Alliance (2021-11-04). Thursday 11/4: The Essential Funding of Homecare, Immigration, and Community Services w/ NDWA. indybay.org Online event…

Reynard Loki (2021-11-04). World leaders face 'stark choices' at COP26. asiatimes.com It would be an understatement to say that there is a lot riding on COP26, the international climate talks currently being held in Glasgow, Scotland. Officially, the gathering marks the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the third meeting of the parties to the 2015 …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-04). NATO targets Belarus in favor of members Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nato calls on Belarus to observe international law Nato headquarters in Brussels told PAP [Polish Press Agency] on Wednesday the alliance was concerned about the escalation on the Polish-Belarusian border and called on Minsk to observe international law. Nato HQ's press office told PAP the alliance had observed a wave of migrants trying to enter …

teleSUR (2021-11-04). Nigeria: Death Toll From Building Collapse Rises To 36. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye announced that the death toll from a building collapse in Lagos City rose to 36 after more bodies were retrieved by rescuers from the debris. | RELATED: | Between Wednesday and Thursday morning, over 10 dead bodies were pulled out of the rubble of the 21-story building under construction in the Ikoyi area of Lagos which c…

David Sirota (2021-11-04). "Trump Zombie Sale" Threatens Montana National Forest. dailyposter.com

sputniknews (2021-11-04). NASA-Funded Astrological Survey Sets Identification of Alien Life as Top Priority. sputniknews.com A survey conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has charted a path for the next decade of astronomy and astrophysics research. One of their primary recommendations is to bolster humanity's ability to detect alien life.

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